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RULES
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Rule 1. Regular, Additional, and Special Meetings: Vice-Chairman. 1
Rule 2. Questioning of Witnesses................................. 2
Rule 3. Records and Rollcalls.................................... 2
Rule 4. Standing Subcommittees and Jurisdiction.................. 3
Rule 5. Ex Officio Membership.................................... 5
Rule 6. Special Assignment of Members............................ 5
Rule 7. Subcommittee Chairmanships............................... 5
Rule 8. Subcommittee Scheduling.................................. 5
Rule 9. Subcommittee Rules....................................... 6
Rule 10. Committee Staff......................................... 6
Rule 11. Supervision and Duties of Committee Staff............... 6
Rule 12. Hearing Procedure....................................... 6
Rule 13. Meetings--Hearings--Quorums............................. 7
Rule 14. Subpoena Authority...................................... 8
Rule 15. Reports of Subcommittees................................ 8
Rule 16. Votes................................................... 9
Rule 17. Authorization for Travel................................ 9
Rule 18. Referral of Bills, Resolutions, and Other Matters....... 10
Rule 19. Committee Reports....................................... 11
Rule 20. Measures To Be Considered Under Suspension.............. 12
Rule 21. Budget and Expenses..................................... 12
Rule 22. Appointment of Conferees and Notice of Conference
Meetings....................................................... 13
Rule 23. Broadcasting of Committee Hearings and Meetings......... 13
Rule 24. Changes in Committee Rules.............................. 14
THE RULES OF THE
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE
FOR THE 107TH CONGRESS
RULE 1. REGULAR, ADDITIONAL, AND SPECIAL MEETINGS: VICE-CHAIRMAN
(a) Regular meetings of the committee shall be held on the
second Wednesday of each month at 9:30 a.m., while the House is
in session. When the Chairman believes that the committee will
not be considering any bill or resolution before the committee
and that there is no other business to be transacted at a
regular meeting, he will give each member of the committee, as
far in advance of the day of the regular meeting as the
circumstances make practicable, a written notice to that
effect; and no committee meeting shall be held on that day.
(b) The Chairman may call and convene, as he considers
necessary, additional meetings of the committee for the
consideration of any bill or resolution pending before the
committee or for the conduct of other committee business. The
committee shall meet for such purposes pursuant to that call of
the Chairman.
(c) If at least three members of the committee desire that
a special meeting of the committee be called by the Chairman,
those members may file in the offices of the committee their
written request to the Chairman for that special meeting.
Immediately upon the filing of the request, the staff director
of the committee shall notify the Chairman of the filing of the
request. If, within three calendar days after the filing of the
request, the Chairman does not call the requested special
meeting to be held within seven calendar days after the filing
of the request, a majority of the members of the committee may
file in the offices of the committee their written notice that
a special meeting of the committee will be held, specifying the
date and hour thereof, and the measure or matter to be
considered at that special meeting. The committee shall meet on
that date and hour. Immediately upon the filing of the notice,
the staff director of the committee shall notify all members of
the committee that such meeting will be held and inform them of
its date and hour and the measure or matter to be considered;
and only the measure or matter specified in that notice may be
considered at that special meeting.
(d) All legislative meetings of the committee and its
subcommittees shall be open to the public, including radio,
television and still photography coverage. No business meeting
of the committee, other than regularly scheduled meetings, may
be held without each member being given reasonable notice. Such
meeting shall be called to order and presided over by the
Chairman, or in the absence of the Chairman, by the vice-
chairman, or the Chairman's designee.
(e) The Chairman of the committee or of a subcommittee, as
appropriate, shall preside at meetings or hearings, or, in the
absence of the chairman, the vice-chairman, or the Chairman's
designee shall preside.
RULE 2. QUESTIONING OF WITNESSES
(a) Subject to clauses (b) and (c), Committee members may
question witnesses only when they have been recognized by the
Chairman for that purpose, and only for a 5-minute period until
all members present have had an opportunity to question a
witness. The questioning of witnesses in both committee and
subcommittee hearings shall be initiated by the Chairman,
followed by the ranking minority party member and all other
members alternating between the majority and minority party in
order of the member's appearance at the hearing. In recognizing
members to question witnesses in this fashion, the Chairman
shall take into consideration the ratio of the majority to
minority party members present and shall establish the order of
recognition for questioning in such a manner as not to place
the members of the majority party in a disadvantageous
position.
(b) The Chairman may permit a specified number of members
to question a witness for longer than five minutes. The time
for extended questioning of a witness under this clause shall
be equal for the majority party and the minority party and may
not exceed one hour in the aggregate.
(c) The Chairman may permit committee staff for the
majority and the minority party members to question a witness
for equal specified periods. The time for extended questioning
of a witness under this clause shall be equal for the majority
party and the minority party and may not exceed one hour in the
aggregate.
RULE 3. RECORDS AND ROLLCALLS
(a) Written records shall be kept of the proceedings of the
committee and of each subcommittee, including a record of the
votes on any question on which a rollcall is demanded. The
result of each such rollcall vote shall be made available by
the committee or subcommittee for inspection by the public at
reasonable times in the offices of the committee or
subcommittee. Information so available for public inspection
shall include a description of the amendment, motion, order, or
other proposition and the name of each member voting for and
each member voting against such amendment, motion, order, or
proposition, and the names of those members present but not
voting. A record vote may be demanded by one-fifth of the
members present or, in the apparent absence of a quorum, by any
one member.
(b) In accordance with Rule VII of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, any official permanent record of the
committee (including any record of a legislative, oversight, or
other activity of the committee or any subcommittee) shall be
made available for public use if such record has been in
existence for 30 years, except that--
(1) any record that the committee (or a subcommittee)
makes available for public use before such record is
delivered to the Archivist under clause 2 of Rule VII
of the Rules of the House of Representatives shall be
made available immediately, including any record
described in subsection (a) of this Rule;
(2) any investigative record that contains personal
data relating to a specific living individual (the
disclosure of which would be an unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy), any administrative record with
respect to personnel, and any record with respect to a
hearing closed pursuant to clause 2(g)(2) of Rule XI of
the Rules of the House of Representatives shall be
available if such record has been in existence for 50
years; or
(3) except as otherwise provided by order of the
House, any record of the committee for which a time,
schedule, or condition for availability is specified by
order of the committee (entered during the Congress in
which the record is made or acquired by the committee)
shall be made available in accordance with the order of
the committee.
(c) The official permanent records of the committee include
noncurrent records of the committee (including subcommittees)
delivered by the Clerk of the House of Representatives to the
Archivist of the United States for preservation at the National
Archives and Records Administration, which are the property of
and remain subject to the rules and orders of the House of
Representatives.
(d)(1) Any order of the committee with respect to any
matter described in paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be
adopted only if the notice requirements of committee Rule 18(c)
have been met, a quorum consisting of a majority of the members
of the committee is present at the time of the vote, and a
majority of those present and voting approve the adoption of
the order, which shall be submitted to the Clerk of the House
of Representatives, together with any accompanying report.
(2) This subsection applies to any order of the committee
which--
(A) provides for the non-availability of any record
subject to subsection (b) of this rule for a period
longer than the period otherwise applicable; or
(B) is subsequent to, and constitutes a later order
under clause 4(b) of Rule VII of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, regarding a determination of the
Clerk of the House of Representatives with respect to
authorizing the Archivist of the United States to make
available for public use the records delivered to the
Archivist under clause 2 of Rule VII of the Rules of
the House of Representatives; or
(C) specifies a time, schedule, or condition for
availability pursuant to subsection (b)(3) of this
Rule.
RULE 4. STANDING SUBCOMMITTEES AND JURISDICTION
(a) There shall be five standing subcommittees. In addition
to the conducting oversight in the area of their respective
jurisdictions as required in clause 2 of House Rule X, each
subcommittee shall have the following jurisdictions:
Subcommittee on Education Reform.--Education from preschool
through the high school level including, but not limited to,
elementary and secondary education generally, vocational
education, preschool programs including the Head Start Act,
school lunch and child nutrition, and overseas dependent
schools; special education programs including, but not limited
to, alcohol and drug abuse, education of the disabled, migrant
and agricultural labor education and homeless education;
educational research and improvement, including the Office of
Educational Research and Improvement; poverty programs,
including the Community Services Block Grant Act and the Low
Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.--Education
and training beyond the high school level including, but not
limited to higher education generally, including postsecondary
student assistance and employment services, Title IV of the
Higher Education Act; training and apprenticeship including the
Workforce Investment Act, displaced homemakers, adult basic
education (family literacy), rehabilitation, professional
development, and training programs from immigration funding;
pre-service and in-service teacher training, including Title II
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Title II of
the Higher Education Act; Title III and V of the Higher
Education Act; Title I of the Higher Education Act as it
relates to Titles II, III, IV, and V; science and technology
programs, including Title III of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act; all welfare reform programs including, work
incentive programs, welfare-to-work requirements, and childcare
services, including the Childcare Development Block Grant;
Native American Programs Act, Robert A. Taft Institute, and
Institute for Peace.
Subcommittee on Select Education.--Programs and services
for the care and treatment of certain at risk youth, including
the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act and the
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; all matters dealing with child
abuse and domestic violence, including the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act, and child adoption; all matters
dealing with programs and services for the elderly, including
nutrition programs and the Older Americans Act; environmental
education; all domestic volunteer programs; School to Work
Opportunities Act; library services and construction, and
programs related to the arts and humanities, museum services,
and arts and artifacts indemnity; Titles VI and VII, Title I as
it relates to those Titles, and oversight of Title III and V of
the Higher Education Act; and fiscal auditing of the Department
of Education organization.
Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.--Wages and hours of
labor including, but not limited to, Davis-Bacon Act, Walsh-
Healey Act, Fair Labor Standards Act (including child labor),
workers' compensation generally, Longshore and Harbor Workers'
Compensation Act, Federal Employees' Compensation Act, Migrant
and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, Service
Contract Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, Worker Adjustment
and Retraining Notification Act, Employee Polygraph Protection
Act of 1988, workers' health and safety including, but not
limited to, occupational safety and health, mine health and
safety, youth camp safety, and migrant and agricultural labor
health and safety; and, in addition, oversight of compulsory
union dues within the jurisdiction of another subcommittee.
Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.--All matters
dealing with relationships between employers and employees
generally including, but not limited to, the National Labor
Relations Act, Bureau of Labor Statistics, pension, health, and
other employee benefits, including the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act (ERISA); all matters related to equal
employment opportunity and civil rights in employment.
(b) The majority party members of the committee may provide
for such temporary, ad hoc subcommittees as determined to be
appropriate.
RULE 5. EX OFFICIO MEMBERSHIP
The Chairman of the committee and the ranking minority
party member shall be ex officio members, but not voting
members, of each subcommittee to which such Chairman or ranking
minority party member has not been assigned.
RULE 6. SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT OF MEMBERS
To facilitate the oversight and other legislative and
investigative activities of the committee, the Chairman of the
committee may, at the request of a subcommittee chairman, make
a temporary assignment of any member of the committee to such
subcommittee for the purpose of constituting a quorum and of
enabling such member to participate in any public hearing,
investigation, or study by such subcommittee to be held outside
of Washington, DC. Any member of the committee may attend
public hearings of any subcommittee and any member of the
committee may question witnesses only when they have been
recognized by the Chairman for that purpose.
RULE 7. SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIPS
The method for selection of chairmen of the subcommittees
shall be at the discretion of the full committee Chairman,
unless a majority of the majority party members of the full
committee disapprove of the action of the Chairman.
RULE 8. SUBCOMMITTEE SCHEDULING
Subcommittee chairmen shall set meeting dates after
consultation with the Chairman and other subcommittee chairmen
with a view toward avoiding simultaneous scheduling of
committee and subcommittee meetings or hearings, wherever
possible. Available dates for subcommittee meetings during the
session shall be assigned by the Chairman to the subcommittees
as nearly as practicable in rotation and in accordance with
their workloads. No subcommittee markups shall be scheduled
simultaneously. As far as practicable, the Chairman shall not
schedule a subcommittee markup during a full committee markup,
nor shall the Chairman schedule any hearing during a markup.
RULE 9. SUBCOMMITTEE RULES
The rules of the committee shall be the rules of its
subcommittees.
RULE 10. COMMITTEE STAFF
(a) The employees of the committee shall be appointed by
the Chairman in consultation with subcommittee chairmen and
other majority party members of the committee within the budget
approved for such purposes by the committee.
(b) The staff appointed by the minority shall have their
remuneration determined in such manner as the minority party
members of the committee shall determine within the budget
approved for such purposes by the committee.
RULE 11. SUPERVISION AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEE STAFF
The staff of the committee shall be under the general
supervision and direction of the Chairman, who shall establish
and assign the duties and responsibilities of such staff
members and delegate authority as he determines appropriate.
The staff appointed by the minority shall be under the general
supervision and direction of the minority party members of the
committee, who may delegate such authority as they determine
appropriate. All committee staff shall be assigned to committee
business and no other duties may be assigned to them.
RULE 12. HEARING PROCEDURE
(a) The Chairman, in the case of hearings to be conducted
by the committee, and the appropriate subcommittee chairman, in
the case of hearings to be conducted by a subcommittee, shall
make public announcement of the date, place, and subject matter
of any hearing to be conducted on any measure or matter at
least one week before the commencement of that hearing unless
the committee or subcommittee determines that there is good
cause to begin such hearing at an earlier date. In the latter
event, the Chairman or the subcommittee chairman, as the case
may be, shall make such public announcement at the earliest
possible date. To the extent practicable, the Chairman or the
subcommittee chairman shall make public announcement of the
final list of witnesses scheduled to testify at least 48 hours
before the commencement of the hearing. The staff director of
the committee shall promptly notify the Daily Digest Clerk of
the Congressional Record as soon as possible after such public
announcement is made.
(b) All opening statements at hearings conducted by the
committee or any subcommittee will be made part of the
permanent written record. Opening statements by members may not
be presented orally, unless the Chairman of the committee or
any subcommittee determines that one statement from the
Chairman or a designee will be presented, in which case the
ranking minority party member or a designee may also make a
statement. If a witness scheduled to testify at any hearing of
the Committee or any subcommittee is a constituent of a member
of the committee or subcommittee, such member shall be entitled
to introduce such witness at the hearing.
(c) To the extent practicable, witnesses who are to appear
before the committee or a subcommittee shall file with the
staff director of the committee, at least 48 hours in advance
of their appearance, a written statement of their proposed
testimony, together with a brief summary thereof, and shall
limit their oral presentation to a summary thereof. The staff
director of the committee shall promptly furnish to the staff
director of the minority a copy of such testimony submitted to
the committee pursuant to this rule.
(d) When any hearing is conducted by the committee or any
subcommittee upon any measure or matter, the minority party
members on the committee shall be entitled, upon request to the
Chairman by a majority of those minority party members before
the completion of such hearing, to call witnesses selected by
the minority to testify with respect to that measure or matter
during at least one day of hearing thereon. The minority party
may waive this right by calling at least one witness during a
committee hearing or subcommittee hearing.
RULE 13. MEETINGS--HEARINGS--QUORUMS
(a) Subcommittees are authorized to hold hearings, receive
exhibits, hear witnesses, and report to the committee for final
action, together with such recommendations as may be agreed
upon by the subcommittee. No such meetings or hearings,
however, shall be held outside of Washington, DC, or during a
recess or adjournment of the House without the prior
authorization of the committee Chairman. Where feasible and
practicable, 14 days' notice will be given of such meeting or
hearing.
(b) One-third of the members of the committee or
subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for taking any action
other than amending committee rules, closing a meeting from the
public, reporting a measure or recommendation, or in the case
of the committee or a subcommittee authorizing a subpoena. For
the enumerated actions, a majority of the committee or
subcommittee shall constitute a quorum. Any two members shall
constitute a quorum for the purpose of taking testimony and
receiving evidence.
(c) When a bill or resolution is being considered by the
committee or a subcommittee, members shall provide the clerk in
a timely manner a sufficient number of written copies of any
amendment offered, so as to enable each member present to
receive a copy thereof prior to taking action. A point of order
may be made against any amendment not reduced to writing. A
copy of each such amendment shall be maintained in the public
records of the committee or subcommittee, as the case may be.
(d) In the conduct of hearings of subcommittees sitting
jointly, the rules otherwise applicable to all subcommittees
shall likewise apply to joint subcommittee hearings for
purposes of such shared consideration.
(e) No person other than a Member of Congress or
Congressional staff may walk in, stand in, or be seated at the
rostrum area during a meeting or hearing of the Committee or
Subcommittee unless authorized by the Chairman.
RULE 14. SUBPOENA AUTHORITY
The power to authorize and issue subpoenas is delegated to
the Chairman of the full committee, as provided for under
clause 2(m)(3)(A)(i) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives. The Chairman shall notify the ranking minority
member prior to issuing any subpoena under such authority. To
the extent practicable, the Chairman shall consult with the
ranking minority member at least 24 hours in advance of a
subpoena being issued under such authority, excluding
Saturdays, Sundays, and federal holidays. As soon as
practicable after issuing any subpoena under such authority,
the Chairman shall notify in writing all members of the
Committee of the issuance of the subpoena.
RULE 15. REPORTS OF SUBCOMMITTEES
(a) Whenever a subcommittee has ordered a bill, resolution,
or other matter to be reported to the committee, the chairman
of the subcommittee reporting the bill, resolution, or matter
to the committee, or any member authorized by the subcommittee
to do so, may report such bill, resolution, or matter to the
committee. It shall be the duty of the chairman of the
subcommittee to report or cause to be reported promptly such
bill, resolution, or matter, and to take or cause to be taken
the necessary steps to bring such bill, resolution, or matter
to a vote.
(b) In any event, the report, described in the proviso in
subsection (d) of this rule, of any subcommittee on a measure
which has been approved by the subcommittee shall be filed
within seven calendar days (exclusive of days on which the
House is not in session) after the day on which there has been
filed with the staff director of the committee a written
request, signed by a majority of the members of the
subcommittee, for the reporting of that measure. Upon the
filing of any such request, the staff director of the committee
shall transmit immediately to the chairman of the subcommittee
a notice of the filing of that request.
(c) All committee or subcommittee reports printed pursuant
to legislative study or investigation and not approved by a
majority vote of the committee or subcommittee, as appropriate,
shall contain the following disclaimer on the cover of such
report:
This report has not been officially adopted by the
Committee on Education and the Workforce (or pertinent
subcommittee thereof) and therefore may not necessarily
reflect the views of its members.
The minority party members of the committee or subcommittee
shall have three calendar days, excluding weekends and
holidays, to file, as part of the printed report, supplemental,
minority, or additional views.
(d) Bills, resolutions, or other matters favorably reported
by a subcommittee shall automatically be placed upon the agenda
of the committee as of the time they are reported. No bill or
resolution or other matter reported by a subcommittee shall be
considered by the full committee unless it has been delivered
or electronically sent to all members and notice of its prior
transmission has been in the hands of all members at least 48
hours prior to such consideration; a member of the Committee
shall receive, upon his or her request, a paper copy of the
such bill, resolution, or other matter reported. When a bill is
reported from a subcommittee, such measure shall be accompanied
by a section-by-section analysis; and, if the Chairman of the
committee so requires (in response to a request from the
ranking minority member of the committee or for other reasons),
a comparison showing proposed changes in existing law.
(e) To the extent practicable, any report prepared pursuant
to a committee or subcommittee study or investigation shall be
available to members no later than 48 hours prior to
consideration of any such report by the committee or
subcommittee, as the case may be.
RULE 16. VOTES
With respect to each rollcall vote on a motion to report
any bill, resolution or matter of a public character, and on
any amendment offered thereto, the total number of votes cast
for and against, and the names of those members voting for and
against, shall be included in the committee report on the
measure or matter.
RULE 17. AUTHORIZATION FOR TRAVEL
(a) Consistent with the primary expense resolution and such
additional expense resolutions as may have been approved, the
provisions of this rule shall govern travel of committee
members and staff. Travel to be paid from funds set aside for
the full committee for any member or any staff member shall be
paid only upon the prior authorization of the Chairman. Travel
may be authorized by the Chairman for any member and any staff
member in connection with the attendance of hearings conducted
by the committee or any subcommittee thereof and meetings,
conferences, and investigations which involve activities or
subject matter under the general jurisdiction of the committee.
The Chairman shall review travel requests to assure the
validity to committee business. Before such authorization is
given, there shall be submitted to the Chairman in writing the
following:
(1) the purpose of the travel;
(2) the dates during which the travel is to be made
and the date or dates of the event for which the travel
is being made;
(3) the location of the event for which the travel is
to be made; and
(4) the names of members and staff seeking
authorization.
(b)(1) In the case of travel outside the United States of
members and staff of the committee for the purpose of
conducting hearings, investigations, studies, or attending
meetings and conferences involving activities or subject matter
under the legislative assignment of the committee or pertinent
subcommittees, prior authorization must be obtained from the
Chairman, or, in the case of a subcommittee, from the
subcommittee chairman and the Chairman. Before such
authorization is given, there shall be submitted to the
Chairman, in writing, a request for such authorization. Each
request, which shall be filed in a manner that allows for a
reasonable period of time for review before such travel is
scheduled to begin, shall include the following:
(A) the purpose of travel;
(B) the dates during which the travel will occur;
(C) the names of the countries to be visited and the
length of time to be spent in each;
(D) an agenda of anticipated activities for each
country for which travel is authorized together with a
description of the purpose to be served and the areas
of committee jurisdiction involved; and
(E) the names of members and staff for whom
authorization is sought.
(2) Requests for travel outside the United States may be
initiated by the Chairman or the chairman of a subcommittee
(except that individuals may submit a request to the Chairman
for the purpose of attending a conference or meeting) and shall
be limited to members and permanent employees of the committee.
(3) The Chairman shall not approve a request involving
travel outside the United States while the House is in session
(except in the case of attendance at meetings and conferences
or where circumstances warrant an exception).
(4) At the conclusion of any hearing, investigation, study,
meeting, or conference for which travel outside the United
States has been authorized pursuant to this rule, each
subcommittee (or members and staff attending meetings or
conferences) shall submit a written report to the Chairman
covering the activities of the subcommittee and containing the
results of these activities and other pertinent observations or
information gained as a result of such travel.
(c) Members and staff of the committee performing
authorized travel on official business shall be governed by
applicable laws, resolutions, or regulations of the House and
of the Committee on House Administration pertaining to such
travel, including rules, procedures, and limitations prescribed
by the Committee on House Administration with respect to
domestic and foreign expense allowances.
(d) Prior to the Chairman's authorization for any travel,
the ranking minority party member shall be given a copy of the
written request therefor.
RULE 18. REFERRAL OF BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND OTHER MATTERS
(a) The Chairman shall consult with subcommittee chairmen
regarding referral, to the appropriate subcommittees, of such
bills, resolutions, and other matters, which have been referred
to the committee. Once printed copies of a bill, resolution, or
other matter are available to the Committee, the Chairman
shall, within three weeks of such availability, provide notice
of referral, if any, to the appropriate subcommittee.
(b) Referral to a subcommittee shall not be made until
three days shall have elapsed after written notification of
such proposed referral to all subcommittee chairmen, at which
time such proposed referral shall be made unless one or more
subcommittee chairmen shall have given written notice to the
Chairman of the full committee and to the chairman of each
subcommittee that he [or she] intends to question such proposed
referral at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the
committee, or at a special meeting of the committee called for
that purpose, at which time referral shall be made by the
majority members of the committee. All bills shall be referred
under this rule to the subcommittee of proper jurisdiction
without regard to whether the author is or is not a member of
the subcommittee. A bill, resolution, or other matter referred
to a subcommittee in accordance with this rule may be recalled
therefrom at any time by a vote of the majority members of the
committee for the committee's direct consideration or for
reference to another subcommittee.
(c) All members of the committee shall be given at least 24
hours' notice prior to the direct consideration of any bill,
resolution, or other matter by the committee; but this
requirement may be waived upon determination, by a majority of
the members voting, that emergency or urgent circumstances
require immediate consideration thereof.
RULE 19. COMMITTEE REPORTS
(a) All committee reports on bills or resolutions shall
comply with the provisions of clause 2 of Rule XI and clauses
2, 3, and 4 of Rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives.
(b) No such report shall be filed until copies of the
proposed report have been available to all members at least 36
hours prior to such filing in the House. No material change
shall be made in the report distributed to members unless
agreed to by majority vote; but any member or members of the
committee may file, as part of the printed report, individual,
minority, or dissenting views, without regard to the preceding
provisions of this rule.
(c) Such 36-hour period shall not conclude earlier than the
end of the period provided under clause 4 of Rule XIII of the
Rules of the House of Representatives after the committee
approves a measure or matter if a member, at the time of such
approval, gives notice of intention to file supplemental,
minority, or additional views for inclusion as part of the
printed report.
(d) The report on activities of the committee required
under clause 1 of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives, shall include the following disclaimer in the
document transmitting the report to the Clerk of the House:
This report has not been officially adopted by the
Committee on Education and the Workforce or any
subcommittee thereof and therefore may not necessarily
reflect the views of its members.
Such disclaimer need not be included if the report was
circulated to all members of the committee at least 7 days
prior to its submission to the House and provision is made for
the filing by any member, as part of the printed report, of
individual, minority, or dissenting views.
RULE 20. MEASURES TO BE CONSIDERED UNDER SUSPENSION
A member of the committee may not seek to suspend the Rules
of the House on any bill, resolution, or other matter which has
been modified after such measure is ordered reported, unless
notice of such action has been given to the Chairman and
ranking minority member of the full committee.
RULE 21. BUDGET AND EXPENSES
(a) The Chairman in consultation with the majority party
members of the committee shall prepare a preliminary budget.
Such budget shall include necessary amounts for staff
personnel, for necessary travel, investigation, and other
expenses of the committee; and, after consultation with the
minority party membership, the Chairman shall include amounts
budgeted to the minority party members for staff personnel to
be under the direction and supervision of the minority party,
travel expenses of minority party members and staff, and
minority party office expenses. All travel expenses of minority
party members and staff shall be paid for out of the amounts so
set aside and budgeted. The Chairman shall take whatever action
is necessary to have the budget as finally approved by the
committee duly authorized by the House. After such budget shall
have been adopted, no change shall be made in such budget
unless approved by the committee. The Chairman or the chairman
of any standing subcommittee may initiate necessary travel
requests as provided in Rule 16 within the limits of their
portion of the consolidated budget as approved by the House,
and the Chairman may execute necessary vouchers therefor.
(b) Subject to the rules of the House of Representatives
and procedures prescribed by the Committee on House
Administration, and with the prior authorization of the
Chairman of the committee in each case, there may be expended
in any one session of Congress for necessary travel expenses of
witnesses attending hearings in Washington, DC:
(1) out of funds budgeted and set aside for each
subcommittee, not to exceed $5,000 for expenses of
witnesses attending hearings of each such subcommittee;
(2) out of funds budgeted for the full committee
majority, not to exceed $5,000 for expenses of
witnesses attending full committee hearings; and
(3) out of funds set aside to the minority party
members,
(A) not to exceed, for each of the
subcommittees, $5,000 for expenses of witnesses
attending subcommittee hearings, and
(B) not to exceed $5,000 for expenses of
witnesses attending full committee hearings.
(c) A full and detailed monthly report accounting for all
expenditures of committee funds shall be maintained in the
committee office, where it shall be available to each member of
the committee. Such report shall show the amount and purpose of
each expenditure, and the budget to which such expenditure is
attributed.
RULE 22. APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES AND NOTICE OF CONFERENCE MEETINGS
(a) Whenever in the legislative process it becomes
necessary to appoint conferees, the Chairman shall recommend to
the Speaker as conferees the names of those members of the
subcommittee which handled the legislation in the order of
their seniority upon such subcommittee and such other committee
members as the Chairman may designate with the approval of the
majority party members. Recommendations of the Chairman to the
Speaker shall provide a ratio of majority party members to
minority party members no less favorable to the majority party
than the ratio of majority members to minority party members on
the full committee. In making assignments of minority party
members as conferees, the Chairman shall consult with the
ranking minority party member of the committee.
(b) After the appointment of conferees pursuant to clause
11 of Rule I of the Rules of the House of Representatives for
matters within the jurisdiction of the committee, the Chairman
shall notify all members appointed to the conference of
meetings at least 48 hours before the commencement of the
meeting. If such notice is not possible, then notice shall be
given as soon as possible.
RULE 23. BROADCASTING OF COMMITTEE HEARINGS AND MEETINGS
(a) Television, Radio and Still Photography. (1) Whenever a
hearing or meeting conducted by the Committee or any
subcommittee is open to the public, those proceedings shall be
open to coverage by television, radio, and still photography
subject to the requirements of Rule XI, clause 4 of the Rules
of the House of Representatives and except when the hearing or
meeting is closed pursuant to the Rules of the House of
Representatives and of the Committee. The coverage of any
hearing or meeting of the Committee or any subcommittee thereof
by television, radio, or still photography shall be under the
direct supervision of the Chairman of the Committee, the
subcommittee chairman, or other member of the Committee
presiding at such hearing or meeting and may be terminated by
such member in accordance with the Rules of the House.
(2) Personnel providing coverage by the television and
radio media shall be then currently accredited to the Radio and
Television Correspondents' Galleries.
(3) Personnel providing coverage by still photography shall
be then currently accredited to the Press Photographers'
Gallery.
(b) Internet Broadcast. An open meeting or hearing of the
committee or subcommittee may be covered and recorded, in whole
or in part, by Internet broadcast, unless such meeting or
hearing is closed pursuant to the Rules of the House and of the
Committee. Such coverage shall be fair and nonpartisan and in
accordance clause 4(b) of House Rule XI and other applicable
rules of the House of Representatives and of the Committee.
Members of the Committee shall have prompt access to any
recording of such coverage to the extent that such coverage is
maintained. Personnel providing such coverage shall be
employees of the House of Representatives or currently
accredited to the Radio and Television Correspondents'
Galleries.
RULE 24. CHANGES IN COMMITTEE RULES
The committee shall not consider a proposed change in these
rules unless the text of such change has been delivered or
electronically sent to all member and notice of its prior
transmission has been in the hands of all members at least 48
hours prior to such consideration; a member of the Committee
shall receive, upon his or her request, a paper copy of the
such proposed change.